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1184. Ray Parer and biplane, Longreach, 1920
1185. Qantas' second aeroplane BE2E before purchase, Longreach; Charlie Knight in front seat, Fysh pilot
1186. "I [Fysh] fly Earle Page, Frances & McMaster"
1187. Arrival at Longreach of the Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 on the inaugural flight of the first Qantas service Charleville-Cloncurry. Pilot P.J. McGinness (4th from r);  Engineer W.A. Baird (left). The bag (Longreach's first airmail) can be seen behind the man in white. 85 year old Alexander Kennedy, first passenger on a regular Qantas service is on McGinness' right, joining the service at Longreach and flying on to Cloncurry piloted by Fysh (2nd from r). Sir Fergus McMaster, Chairman of Directors, Qantas is 3rd from r.
1188. David Lindsay (explorer) and Lieut. McGinness in front of magnetic anthill, Knuckley's Lagoon, proposed Darwin landing place
1189-1199. Stopping places on the old Qantas route 1922-1934 [aerial views]: Blackall, Brunette Downs, Charleville, Daly Waters, Longreach, Mt Isa and Normanton / Qantas Empire Airways
1200. Fanny Bay, Darwin
1201. Railway line from Darwin, Birdum Creek, ca. 1931
1202. Stanley Hudson (stockbroker) and G.A. Stronach with Qantas Puss Moth VH-UPQ, Cracow Gold Fields, Qld., July 1932 (for more information, see: Qantas Gazette no. 91, Aug 1932)
1203. Qantas Fox Moth VH-URI ambulance, purchased Feb 1934
1204. Stanley Hudson and Randolph Bedford, Cracow goldfields, July 1932
1205. Qantas DH 86A VH-USF, New Guinea
1206. Broken crankshaft from DH 50 Pegasus, Donors Hills Station / D.H. Wright, photo owner
1207. Trial run Longreach-Charleville at Tambo (l to r: Frank McNally on Marcus Griffin's shoulders checking magnetos;  unknown;  Qantas Agent, Tambo;  Shire Clerk, Tambo;  others unknown) / Fysh
1208. D.H. Wright repairing DH9C G-AUFM "Ion", Camooweal / D.H. Wright, photo owner
1209. A.H. Affleck (Capt.) and D.H. Wright (engineer) flew DH-50A Victory G-AUER to Darwin to transport seriously ill Felix Holmes and his private nurse Noonan to Cloncurry, where they left by train for Sydney. Darwin, July 1929 / D.H. Wright, photo owner
1210. L to r: unknown; Cormack Hurst; George Dousher (apprentice); Jack Hazlett; Marcus Griffin; George Boehm; Arthur Baird with aeroplane
1211. L to r: Bo McGuinness, George Dousher, Jack Hazlett, Frank McNally, Marcus Griffin, Arthur Baird and Fysh with Armstrong Whitworth FK-8 G-AUDE /  Frank McNally, photo owner
1212. First air mail landing at Camooweal, 1924, l to r: L.J. Brain (pilot); unknown; Matron Camooweal Hospital; K. Johnston (manager, Alexandra Downs); 1st passenger; F.R. McNally (engineer); unknown / Frank McNally, photo owner
1213. D.H Wright at the installation of replacement engine in DH 50A Pegasus VH-UGD, Donors Hills Station, 1928 / D.H. Wright, photo owner
1214. Frank McNally overhauling the Rolls [Royce engine] before the service, Longreach / Frank McNally, photo owner
1215. D.H Wright at the installation of replacement engine in DH 50A Pegasus VH-UGD, Donors Hills Station, 1928 / D.H. Wright, photo owner
1216. Capt. Arthur Affleck at the installation of replacement engine in DH 50A Pegasus VH-UGD, Donors Hills Station, 1928 / D.H. Wright, photo owner
1217. Fyshes embark on first Super Constellation Sydney-Tokyo "Cherry Blossom" service;  Qantas Mascot Station Manager H.E. Shannon in background, May 1955
1218. DH 121 in British European Airways livery, 1958 / De Havilland

Sir Hudson Fysh - early flights and routes, ca. 1920-1935 ; Fysh and Sydney-Tokyo, 1955 ; DH 121 ca. 1960

413. Air Travel hangar and biplane VH-UKE, Mascot / McLeod & Smith
414. Southern Cross flies over the Australian National Airways hangar, Mascot / Sydney Morning Herald
415-416. Australian National Airways hangar, Mascot
417. Australian Aero Club hangar, Mascot
418-420. DH 61 Apollo VH-UJB, Qantas hangar, Archerfield
421. Hangar, Cloncurry
422. Biplanes Diana and Hippomenes in hangar, Darwin
423. QEA first hangar, Longreach, 1922
424. Constructing a wing in the hangar, Longreach
425. G-AUBG at just completed hangar, Longreach
426. Two Qantas DH 9c biplanes G-AUED and G-AUEF, Longreach
427. Qantas hangar, Longreach, Jan 1924 / J. McWarren
428. DH 4, Longreach
429. Christening newly built DH 50, Longreach 
430. Charleville hangar under construction / W. Henderson
431-432. Cloncurry hangar under construction / L. Ridgway 
433. Hangar and G-AU..(?) / Qantas
434. Qantas Empire Airways sign on hangar, Longreach, ca. 1970 / Goya Studio photographed by John Bartrum
435. Nigel Jones' venture in the first hangar, Mascot, 1919
436. Assembling Avro biplanes, Mascot
437. Avros and "Richards patent hangar" (canvas)
438. T.E. Johnson, Bob Buchanan and Wally Shires [i.e. Shiers] in front of the Sir Ross Smith's aeroplane exhibit
439. New airport, India, 1930's
440. Unidentified airport
441. Jiaven Directie and H.A.P.A.B. wharves, unknown location

Sir Hudson Fysh - photographs, airports and hangars, 1919-1930's

167. Imperial Airways Astraea G-ABTL, 1933 
168-170. Airco DH 4
171. Fysh and DH 4, pride of the fleet, 1922
172. Arthur Baird and Claude McGilivray with DH 4, Cloncurry
173. Fysh, Baird and DH 4
174. D. Simpson (centre), pilot Evans, QATD ambulance officer with DH 50 Hermes, first flight Cloncurry-Mt Isa, 2 Aug 1927 
175. Flying Doctor DH 50A VH-UFA, Innamincka, 1 Aug 1934 : Mannie Anderson (radio operator), Dr J. McF. Russell (Flying Doctor) and Sister Doreen Mandeville-Halls (AIM nursing sister) - "on this flight radio advice regarding treatment of the patient was given while plane was in flight, the first time this was done as far as I know. Also the first Flying Doctor visit to Innamincka - GS"
176-178. Royal Aircraft Factory BE 2e
179. Herb Huey, hon. engineer, works on BE 2e engine in first shelter at Longreach Shear Yards (?)
180. BE 2e

181-4. BE 2e G-AUBF - "The best plane of all"
185-186. First flight over floods, (BE 2e G-AUBF, Charleville-Gowrie Station, 1922)
187. Fysh washing the unregistered BE 2e, Thargomindah, 1921
188. Arthur Baird and George Davidson repair DH 4, Longreach
189. Fysh, Arthur Baird and DH 4, Longreach
190. Edgar Percival's Avro 504K G-AUEP in the "Bull Paddock", Mascot, 1925 - l  to r: F.Jordan, C.James, H.Defty
191. DH 9c G-EAYT of the De Havilland Aeroplane Hire Service, Eng.
192. DH 9c reconstructed with cabin designed at Longreach
193. DH 9c
194. DH 9c G-AUEF and DH 4 G-AUBZ, Winton / W.I.P. Burns

195-196. DH 9c G-AUEF and 3 passengers, 1923
197. Arrival of first DH 9c, Charleville, 1923 - Capt. G. Matthews (pilot), left;  A.N. Templeton (director, Qantas), right / W.I.P. Burns
198. DH 9c G-AUED, Camooweal
199. DH 9c G-AUED with passengers / Qantas
200. DH 9c G-AUEF / Qantas
201. Capt. Matthews and DH 9c, Charleville, 1923 / W.J.P. Burns
202.  Airways Armstrong Whitworth AW15 Atalanta VT-AEF and De Havilland biplane VR-SAI
203. Coffin flown Mt Isa-Brisbane, DH 50A VH-UHE Atalanta / Qantas
204-205. First DH 50 built in Longreach, 1924

206. First DH 50 built at Longreach and builders
207. Governor-General Lord Stonehaven talks with Fergus McMaster, both with hat in hand;  Fysh getting out of DH 50 cockpit
208. DH 50 air mail leaving Winton / W.J.P. Burns for Qantas
209. First DH 50 G-AUER of Qantas arrives / W.J.P. Burns
210. DH 50 taxiing
211. Lord and Lady Stonehaven and the Longreach-built DH 50 Iris
212. Patient transferred from DH 50A Iris after being flown 1250 miles from Camooweal to Brisbane (to save his leg injured in a shooting accident)
213. Eric Donaldson and the Flying Doctor in DH 50 VH-UER Victory
214. Capt. P.H. Moody and Giant Moth DH 61
215. Giant Moth DH 61, Eagle Farm / F.W. Thiel
216. From left: BE 2e G-AUBF, Bristol G-AUEB, DH 9c G-AUED, DH 50 G-AUER Victory, Longreach, ca. 1924

217. First aircraft owned by Qantas [Avro] on first flight Longreach-Winton - l to r: Fysh, A.N. Templeton (director), Fergie McMaster (Chair), C.M. Knight (first commission agent to own aircraft)m, Capt. P.J. McGuiniss [i.e. McGinness], 1921
218-219. Farman Sport G-AUBV which Fysh flew, Mascot, 1921
220-221. Bristol F.2b G-AUEB delivered by H.C. "Horrie" Miller, Longreach
222-223. Fred Haig and Bristol F.2b G-AUEB
224. Fred Haig (pilot), J. Hazlett (engineer), Mrs Hargreaves (Qantas agent, McKinley) and Mrs Marsh (passenger) with Bristol F.2b, McKinley Aerodrome, 8 July 1923
225-226. Dini's New Zealand biplane reg. no. ZK-ACW / Auckland Weekly News ;  W.S. Dini, 76 Albans St, Christchurch
227. Fokker F.VIIB-3M (KNILM) PK-AFB
228. Liberator II (RAF, later for BOAC) G-AGKT
229. DH 60 Moth G-AUFR, marked Brisbane Flying School, Qantas Ltd
230. DH-50A G-AUHE refuelled by C.Holdway, carrier, at Roma
231. DH-50A G-AUFW
232. DH 86A VH-USD, early start, Batavia

Sir Hudson Fysh - photographs, mainly early biplanes, 1920-1934

442. "I took this from a plane. Shows the first Brigade down on the beach. Note the horse lines scattered along the beach."
443. Runways at Longreach, perhaps the first to be prepared in Australia
444. Darwin
445. QEA's second office, Pastoralists' Association building, Longreach
446. Urandangie
447. "The ground we cleared at Katherine, Barnard, c...[unreadable] and used by Parer & McIntosh and Capt. Wrigley, 1919"
448. Magnetic ant hills, Knuckley's Lagoon, 10 miles from Darwin / H.Fysh
449. Landing at Demonstration Farm, Daly River, N.T.
450. Looking up the Vic River opp. the Depot, N.T.
451. Site of oldest lighthouse in N.T., Port Essington Heads
452. Canondatta
453. "In a KLM DC2 over the clouds between Amsterdam and London"
454. Port Moresby Harbour, 20 Aug 1942 / Dept. of Information photo no. 3686
455-460. Unidentified aerial photographs
461. From a seaplane window
462. Probably Lord Howe Island
463-467. Volcanic eruption, New Guinea, 21 Jan 1951

Sir Hudson Fysh - early flights and routes, ca. 1920-1935 ; Fysh and Sydney-Tokyo, 1955 ; DH 121 ca. 1960

Sir Hudson Fysh - photographs, airports and hangars, 1919-1930's

Sir Hudson Fysh - photographs, mainly early biplanes, 1920-1934

Sir Hudson Fysh - photographs, aerial & miscellaneous views, 1920's-1940's

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